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Please Note: Go to HOME PAGE to view provocative trailer for [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class=" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] filmed by award winning cinematographer.

Scene from "The House on Black Lake" Trailer

 [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class= ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] explore a woman's experience as she is lured into a seductive web of intrigue and deceit, and held a virtual prisoner on Black Lake. Although Alexandra Brighton takes the trip to the exclusive enclave of summer homes outside Montreal on her own volition, to find resolution to her obession with charismatic Ramey Sandeley, she does not initially realize there is no way out. By the time she recognizes there are sinister forces at work she is essentially kidnapped and forced to confront the dark forces at play within the shadows of the lake, and well as inside her own heart. In the end Alexandra must must make a dramatic personal transformation is she is to survive.

The subject of kidnap is a popular theme in romantic literature. Some of the most popular are as follows, in no particular order.

[amazon_link id="0671795538" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Perfect[/amazon_link] by Judith McNaught

[amazon_link id="0425217620" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Unlawful Contact [/amazon_link]by Pamela Clare

[amazon_link id="044661114X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lone Rider [/amazon_link]by Lauren Bach

[amazon_link id="0451224183" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Comanche Moon[/amazon_link] by Catherine Anderson

[amazon_link id="0671737821" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Honor's Splendour[/amazon_link] by Julie Garwood

[amazon_link id="0843944625" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Silken Savage[/amazon_link] by Catherine Hart

[amazon_link id="0505523868" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Flame[/amazon_link] by Catherine Hart

[amazon_link id="0553297511" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hawk O'Toole's Hostage[/amazon_link] by Sandra Brown

[amazon_link id="0380805863" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]His Wicked Ways [/amazon_link]by Samantha James

[amazon_link id="0671737619" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Kingdom of Dreams[/amazon_link] by Judith McNaught

[amazon_link id="0671019724" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Touch of Fire[/amazon_link] by Linda Howard

[amazon_link id="0821728644" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Cheyenne Song[/amazon_link] by Georgina Gentry

[amazon_link id="0821735608" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Apache Caress[/amazon_link] by Georgina Gentry

[amazon_link id="0425216616" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Tanner's Scheme[/amazon_link] by Lora Leigh

[amazon_link id="0380810719" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Abduction of Julia[/amazon_link] by Karen Hawkins

[amazon_link id="050552208X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Darker Dream[/amazon_link] by Amanda Ashley

[amazon_link id="037327047X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Twilight Illusions[/amazon_link] by Maggie Shayne

[amazon_link id="0821769286" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Knight Triumphant[/amazon_link] by Shannon Drake

[amazon_link id="0821747967" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Princess of Fire[/amazon_link] by Shannon Drake

[amazon_link id="0821747940" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lie Down in Roses[/amazon_link] by Shannon Drake

[amazon_link id="067179339X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Masquerade in the Moonlight[/amazon_link] by Kasey Michaels

[amazon_link id="B001BHJNNQ" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Bride of the Beast[/amazon_link] by Teresa Medeiros

[amazon_link id="0553590146" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Thief of Hearts[/amazon_link] by Teresa Medeiros

[amazon_link id="143915788X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Devil Wears Plaid[/amazon_link] by Teresa Medeiros

[amazon_link id="0380813009" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]One Man's Love[/amazon_link] by Karen Ranney

[amazon_link id="0373837585" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Heart of Winter[/amazon_link] (Anthology) with Maggie Shayne

[amazon_link id="0373775350" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Nymph King[/amazon_link]by Gena Showalter

[amazon_link id="0373775253" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Heart of the Dragon[/amazon_link] by Gena Showalter

[amazon_link id="B00413PIUY" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Captain's Price[/amazon_link] by Lyla Sinclair

[amazon_link id="0373163983" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night of the Phantom [/amazon_link]by Anne Stuart

[amazon_link id="0373291574" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Gallant Waif[/amazon_link] by Anne Gracie

[amazon_link id="038075620X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Fire[/amazon_link] by Catherine Coulter

[amazon_link id="0451210689" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Uncommon Vows[/amazon_link] by Mary Jo Putney

[amazon_link id="1611940109" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Hawk [/amazon_link]by Monica McCarty

[amazon_link id="0553568612" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Quest[/amazon_link] by Juliana Garnett

[amazon_link id="0449002470" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Pirate Prince[/amazon_link], Ascention Trilogy, by Galen Foley

[amazon_link id="B0040RMF6G" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Spymaster's Lady[/amazon_link] by Joanna Bourne

[amazon_link id="0451222350" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lover Unbound[/amazon_link], Black Brotherhood Trilogy, Number 5, J.R. Ward

[amazon_link id="038079747X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Pirate Lord[/amazon_link] Lord Trilogy 1, by Sabrina Jeffries

[amazon_link id="0778328481" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Ruthless[/amazon_link], The House of Rohan, by Anne Stuart

[amazon_link id="0553576275" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Scotsman[/amazon_link] by Juliana Garnett

[amazon_link id="0505525143" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Savage Heat[/amazon_link] by Nan Ryan

[amazon_link id="0843947233" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Raven[/amazon_link] by Elaine Barbieri

[amazon_link id="0821721593" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Untamed Captive[/amazon_link]by Elaine Barbieri

[amazon_link id="0380777045" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]This Fierce Loving[/amazon_link] by Judith French

[amazon_link id="161756091X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Panther's Prey[/amazon_link] by Doreen Owens

[amazon_link id="1575660687" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Captive [/amazon_link] by Colleen Faulkner

[amazon_link id="0380792052" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Destiny's Warrior [/amazon_link]by Kit Dee

[amazon_link id="1419958291" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lakota Love Song [/amazon_link]by Madeline Baker

[amazon_link id="B004HILQ8Q" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Falcon and the Dove[/amazon_link] by Bonnie Vanak
[amazon_link id="1419964321" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Northman's Passion[/amazon_link] by Kate Hill
[amazon_link id="0373029411" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Whirlpool of Passion[/amazon_link] by Emma Darcy

[amazon_link id="0758234651" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]In the Warrior's Bed[/amazon_link] by Mary Wine

Alexandra is kidnapped to island by Andre Labat

Please Note: The House on Black Lake has been adapted to screenplay. Go to Home Page to view provocative trailer filmed by award winning cinematographer.

Scene From "The House on Black Lake" Trailer

The story of [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] teems with jealousy and obsession.  World-weary Alexandra Brighton travels with son Samuel to visit the man who has haunted her heart for years. She seeks resolution to an obsession that has brought her former life to ruin. But the fire is only stoked by charismatic Ramey Sandeley. Ramey is a man who has never heard the word "no" and expects life to give him everything he desires. But he has never tasted the drug of love or any desire beyond the physical. The feelings awakened in him by Alexandra are twisted to jealous rage when he learns she has given herself to seductive young French artist Andre Labat.  When she returns to the house he confronts her and threatens to administer a whipping for her discretion. This is only the beginning of a battle of wills that will lead the couple to the edge of destruction and threaten the safety of those caught in their orbit.

Yet, they are not the only ones driven by obsessive feelings. The lake's inhabitants are caught in tormented web of frustrated desire and and the drive to create unity at any cost.

Christian Grey, of [amazon_link id="0345803485" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Fifty Shades of Grey[/amazon_link] is the latest in a long line of dark lovers.  Crazy in love, jealous, obsessive, possessive males make intense romance heroes.  The top alpha picks (taken from personal surveys and popular romance forums) can be found in the following novels, in no particular order.

1. [amazon_link id="143890259X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Rose to the Fallen[/amazon_link] by April Bostic

2. [amazon_link id="0553588044" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Smoke Thief[/amazon_link]  by Shana Abe

3. [amazon_link id="0553588060" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Queen of Dragons [/amazon_link]by Shana Abe

4. [amazon_link id="1613820186" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Phantom of the Opera[/amazon_link] by Gaston Leroux

5. [amazon_link id="0843956534" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dark Desire [/amazon_link]from the Carpathian's Series by Christine Feehan

6.  [amazon_link id="0061245089" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Halfway to the Grave [/amazon_link]Night Huntress Series, Book One by Jeaniene Frost

7. [amazon_link id="B00KB4GHWA" target="_blank" ]The Game Series Complete Collection[/amazon_link] by Christine Feehan

8.  [amazon_link id="0425226921" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Guild Hunter Series[/amazon_link] by Nalini Singh

9. [amazon_link id="0312939922" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dangerous Games[/amazon_link] Tempting Seals Serices by Lora Leigh

10. [amazon_link id="0312939949" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Killer Secrets[/amazon_link] by Lora Leigh

11. [amazon_link id="0451214773" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Darkyn Series[/amazon_link] by Lynn Viehn

12. [amazon_link id="0425238199" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]KGI Serices[/amazon_link] by Maya Banks

13. [amazon_link id="0061208604" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dangerous Secrets[/amazon_link] by Lisa Marie Rice

14. [amazon_link id="0452286034" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Bitten, Women of the Otherworld[/amazon_link], Book 1 by Kelley Armstrong

15. [amazon_link id="0425241505" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dragon Bound[/amazon_link] by Thea Harrison

16, [amazon_link id="1476712042" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Beautiful Disaster[/amazon_link] by Jamie McGuire

17.  [amazon_link id="1416509879" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Hunger Like No Other[/amazon_link]  by Kresly Cole

18. [amazon_link id="B00427ZI2C" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Forever Mine [/amazon_link] The Moreno Brothers 1 by Elizabeth Reyes

18. [amazon_link id="B0052YCJKI" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Always Been Mine[/amazon_link] The Moreno Brothers 11 by Elizabeth Reyes

19. [amazon_link id="B0052ZAV9S" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Under the Cowboy's Control [/amazon_link]by Lynda Chance

20. [amazon_link id="B004UIA3GE" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Blackmailed into Bed[/amazon_link] by Lynda Chance

21. [amazon_link id="0425244466" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Madness of Lord Ian McKenzie[/amazon_link] by Jennifer Ashley

22. [amazon_link id="0061234931" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Tempt the Devil[/amazon_link] by Anna Campbell

23. [amazon_link id="1416510877" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Playing Easy To Get[/amazon_link] Immortals After Dark 1 by Kresly cole

24. [amazon_link id="1416580956" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Pleasure of a Dark Prince [/amazon_link] Immortals After Dark Series by Kresley Cole

25. [amazon_link id="1416975861" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Clockwork Angel[/amazon_link] The Infernal Devices, book 1 by Cassandra Clare

26. [amazon_link id="0312947933" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]One Bite With A Stranger[/amazon_link] The Others Book 6, by Christine Warren

27. [amazon_link id="1935152262" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Submissive Desires[/amazon_link] by Carolyn Faukner -  SD chronicles a woman's journey of complete submission under control of dominant ex navy seal. The book is erotic and too extreme for most, but well written  for those who enjoy or desire insights into world of BDSM.

I was recently interviewed about obsessive, possessive love.  Here are my thoughts.